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JOHNNY WAYNE OGLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1949 – July 9, 1970
Service recordJohnny Wayne Ogle, of Burnsville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Burnsville, North Carolina (Yancey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 4
- RUSSELL DALE MILBERGERSergeant · July 9, 1970
- NATHANIEL JAMES PHILLIPSSergeant First Class · July 9, 1970
- ROGER LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
- WALTER ROSS JRLance Corporal · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LYNCHSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 3
- RUSSELL DALE MILBERGERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 4
From Burnsville
- HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- JERRY ALVIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.